Re: vc-status vs pcl-cvs

From:

Nick Roberts

Subject:

Re: vc-status vs pcl-cvs

Date:

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 18:12:42 +1200

> > In that case, do you think [it was] premature to remove vc-directory which
> > was better at doing some of the things vc-dir should do?
>
> AFAIK, it has the same "commit in foreground" and "no way to update the
> whole direcrory" problem. VC-dir is missing some features, but which
> ones (other than the obvious ones from dired which probably won't be
> added to vc-dir anyway) were present in vc-dired?
vc-dir always needs the repository (even when vc-stay-local is t), mouse-2
doesn't visit files, vc-dir isn't documented (but vc-directory is)...
>
> Stefan
>
>
> PS: Has vc-dired been removed already?
Yes:
2008-05-07 Eric S. Raymond <address@hidden>
* vc.el, vc-dispatcher.el: VC-Dired support removed.
Sometimes removing a old feature might encourage people to use the new one
but other times it might just make people use an old version of Emacs.
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